bKash, DataSoft in microcredit instalment deal

Mobile financial service provider bKash has signed an agreement with DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Ltd to facilitate instalment payments by customers who avail microcredit. 

Customers of over 200 microfinance institutions that use DataSoft technology and software solutions will get the opportunity to pay instalments of microcredit timely through bKash.

Ali Ahmmed, chief commercial officer of bKash, and M Manjur Mahmud, president of the software company, inked the deal at the former's head office in Dhaka yesterday, said a press release.